Chapter 12: Battle + Vampire

Last time, as Ichigo and the others were investigating what caused the scaffold around the school to fall, a large amount of spiritual pressure erupted, causing a part of the school to explode, knocking out Tatsuki, Keigo, and Mizuiro. Then from out of nowhere, a man in a cloak and mask appeared and he was not alone. But that huge amount of spirit energy didn't go unnoticed by Rukia and Renji, who were sent from the soul society, who felt the spiritual pressure as well but in two locations instead of one. As Rukia left to find the other source of that power, Renji went towards Ichigo's to lend a helping hand.

Inside the school, Orihime and Yukari are healing Keigo, Mizuiro, and Tatsuki as Moka and Tsukune are watching the fight outside.

"Tsukune, those guy with the cloaks and masks…" Moka said worried, with Tsukune nodding in understanding.

"Yeah," Tsukune replied, "They look like the ones who attacked Rukia wore. Do you think that they're working for him?"

"No, I think that someone else is behind this." Moka began to run towards the hole that the masked sinners created.

"Wait, Moka," Tsukune said to stop her, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to help them." This caught Yukari and Orihime's attention.

"Wait a minute, Moka," Yukari said, "It's too dangerous to go out there alone."

"She's right," Orihime agreed, "Besides, Ichigo told us to stay here."

"But we can't just sit here and do nothing," Moka protested. Then Tsukune removed her Rosario, causing Moka's silver-haired counterpart to replace the gentle pink-haired Moka. Orihime looked in surprise as she saw Moka's transformation.

"If you wanted to help so badly, then I'm going with you," Tsukune stated but Moka stopped him.

"Thanks, Tsukune," she said, "I can handle these pests myself." Moka then ran to the hole and jumped into the school yard.

"Be careful, Moka," Tsukune said quietly as he clutched the Rosario tighter.

As that was happening, the battle outside the school was about to begin. "Let's go," Ichigo said as everyone dispersed to fight their respective opponent. Uryuu started the battle by using Ginrei Kojaku and fired his arrows at the masked man with the muscles, but the chubby one appeared in front of his ally, absorbing the arrows.

"Thanks for the treat," the chubby one said.

Uryu was stunned that arrows were sucked in that easily, "My arrows…"

"Here's your receipt." The chubby masked man fired Uryu's arrows back at him but they were stopped by a bunch of ice spears. The chubby man looked down at the ground and saw Mizore in her monster form.

"Oh, I see. You want some too, huh? Here, take it." Then the masked man began firing arrows at Mizore. Uryu fired some of his arrows to block the attack at the ice woman, but one managed to hit Mizore and knocked her back.

"Mizore!" Uryu called as he got with one of his arrows too.

"Uryu!" Chad said as the masked man with the muscles came out of nowhere and attacked. Chad was lucky to dodge it, now charging up for his attack. "EL DIRECTO!" Chad tried to connect with the attack but the muscle man blocked it and sent Chad flying through the scaffold and a wall of the school.

"Chad," Kurumu yelled turned back the masked man, "DAMN YOU!" She tried to cut with her claws but to no avail as she was pushed to the same direction Chad went.

Then vines appeared from the ground entangling the muscled masked man. It came from Ruby, who was hovering over the battlefield. "Sorry, but this where the attacks stop," she said firmly, "Guess you didn't know that one of your opponents is a witch, huh? We are talented for laying down good traps. Now who are you and where did you come from?"

Not responding to her question, the muscle man broke free of Ruby's trap and knocked her into the scaffold.

Meanwhile, Ichigo and Moka's little sister, Kokoa, were fighting the masked man with the sword. Kokoa was using her favorite bat, Ko, as a sword to match weapons with Ichigo. So far, the armed masked man was giving both the soul reaper and vampire a run for their money.

"There's no way!" Kokoa stated furiously as she continued to battle the masked man, "No way that someone could match-up to an S-Class super monster." She swung her sword again but was overpowered and knocked to the ground below.

"KOKOA!" Ichigo yelled as he blocked another attack from the masked man. The masked man struck again but Ichigo flash stepped behind him who in turn reappeared behind Ichigo and sent him flying to the roof of the destroyed building.

Ichigo quickly rebound and landed on his feet, "Damn, what's with that spiritual pressure?" Ichigo looked down and saw his friends struggling to get back up to their feet.

"This is truly pathetic," the chubby said as he appeared in front Ichigo. Ichigo ready his battle stance, set to go another round. "You still want to fight?" Then, the masked man got introduced with a kick that sent him back a few feet. And the one delivered the kick was Moka.

"Sorry I'm late." she said looking Ichigo, "What's wrong, soul reaper? I thought you were a lot better this."

"Save it, I don't want to hear it right now." Ichigo retaliated, "As matter of fact, I thought I told you to stay and take care of the others."

"Well, the thing is I don't like to follow other people's orders. I don't care if you are a soul reaper or not. Now stay out of my way or I'll teach you to know your place."

The chubby masked man looked at the vampire and said, "Well, well, so you're the vampire Shrieker was talking about. Funny, your kick was weaker than what he felt."

Moka was surprised that her kick barely did anything to the masked man. It was like the time she fought Shrieker with Rukia. Most of her kicks rarely did any damage. As the masked man was about to attack, a new voice yelled out, "ROAR, ZABIMARU!" Then a giant snake skeleton-like whip appeared, causing the masked man move out of the way as Renji arrived at the battlefield with his bankai active.

"Renji!" Ichigo called out surprised to see his friend.

"Are you okay, Ichigo?" Renji asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay."

"Oh, great," the chubby masked man said, "The Soul Reaper is here. That's going to be a problem."

Renji looks up, sees the masked men and said, "Those guys…"

"You know them?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah, things are starting to get out of hand. You might not have noticed it because of their presence but just now, the same Spirit Energy appeared elsewhere."

"What?"

"It's at the Kurosaki Clinic, your home." Ichigo and Moka's eyes widen when they heard that. "Rukia is already there, I doubt…"

"YUZU AND KARIN ARE IN DANGER!"

"Ichigo, we'll take over from here!"

"Right!"

Ichigo jumped off the roof of the school and headed straight for his family's clinic and Moka followed soon after.

"Where are you two going?" The chubby masked man asked as he was to follow them but was stopped by Uryu'a arrows and Mizore's ice kunai.

Ichigo looked behind him and saw Moka following him to his house. "Why are you following me?"

"Don't act so tough, you idiot." Moka barked back, "Besides, I know what you're facing."

What information will Moka give Ichigo do help him to fight back this new foe? And after a hard start, can the others find a way to defeat these masked men? Find out next time…

I know I'm a day late, I forget to post this last night. But anyways, I want to thank luffyfan1 for helping me with this chapter and revising it. Please R&R. Oh, don't forget to check my second open challenge and PM me if you accept. And again, thanks for your help luffyfan1.